Amazon to end support for older Kindles, prompting user outcry
The move means owners of Kindles released before 2013 will be unable to download new e-books.
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Argentina passes bill loosening protection of its glaciers
Governors from the mineral-rich provinces of Catamarca, Jujuy, Salta, Mendoza and San Juan had expressed their support for the bill, stating that the 2010 Glacier law hindered the goal of “promoting a sustainable economic development of the provinces and the Nation without compromising future generations”.
Continue ReadingTrapped miner rescued from flooded Mexican tunnel after 14 days
The 42-year-old gold miner was standing in waist-high water when rescuers found him in a flooded tunnel.
Continue ReadingArtemis crew returning to Earth with ‘all the good stuff’ from Moon discoveries
The four astronauts said they were returning to Earth with “so many more pictures, so many more stories”.
Continue ReadingBBC asks Artemis II crew a question in space
The BBC’s Science Editor Rebecca Morelle has spoken to the four Artemis II astronauts as they journey back home from their dramatic lunar fly-by that saw them travel further from Earth than any other humans. On what is expected to be their final call from the capsule before splashdown on Saturday, mission specialist Christina Koch […]
Continue ReadingGermany suspends military approval for long stays abroad for men under 45
The requirement to obtain permission had gone largely unnoticed until a German newspaper reported on it.
Continue ReadingCameroon ‘military contractors’ killed in Russia-Ukraine war
While Cameroon refrains from publicly commenting on its nationals participating in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Reuters news agency reports that it saw an internal memo from March 2025 in which the defence minister expressed concern over soldiers leaving the country to fight in Ukraine, and asked officers to monitor their units.
Continue ReadingIsrael strikes southern Lebanon after US-Iran ceasefire
Air strikes hit the Tyre and Nabatieh areas hours after the US-Iran ceasefire was announced.
Continue ReadingWhat we know about the two-week ceasefire between the US and Iran
The provisional truce comes more than a month after the US and Israel launched coordinated attacks on Iran.
Continue ReadingIran ceasefire deal a temporary win for Trump – but it comes at a cost
The path to the two-week ceasefire with Iran may have fundamentally altered the way the rest of the world views the US.
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